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And predictably: Trump went out spouting lies, as he has done non-stop since becoming president and as he has done his whole life… WASHINGTON, January 20./TASS/. Donald Trump released a farewell address on his final day in office as President of the United States, saying he was proud to have started no new wars. “I am especially proud to be the first President in decades who has started no new wars,” Donald Trump said. “As a result of our bold diplomacy and principled realism, we achiev...

Im also on the house foreign affairs committee. weve held a number of hearings on syria in the middle east and i can tell you that trump administration has no strategy. two weeks ago they signaled they were okay with assad in power. last week he attacks assad. this week his advisers give conflicting signals on whether they want regime change or not. we cannot have this strategic confusion coming out of the white house. >> do you want, before theres any additional military action against bashar a...

Who was sent a message by the strikes? it seems like it could be a long list, russia, iran, turkey, where do you think it goes? >> look, they also just issued a statement from the so-called joint operations center which is russia, iran, and obviously damascus. theyre saying by the way the u.s. has crossed red lines by attacking syria. from now on well respond to anyone, including america, if it attacks syria and crosses the red lines. the bottom line of all this. the message was received loud an...

United states crossed redlines by attacking syria. from now on, we will respond to anyone, including america, if it attacks syria. secretary of state rex tillerson heads to moscow tomorrow amid these tensions. can he convince russia to rethink its support for bashar al-assad? >> i think the russians have played now for some time the role of providing cover for bashar al-assads behavior. the alternative explanation that the russians put forth is not plausible. not only is it not plausible, we kno...

Our constitution does not allow the president to engage in acts of war without congressional authorization, and congress has only authorized two types of conflicts that the president can engage in. go after terrorists with military force and deal with the threat of iraq. attacking syria, a country that did not attack the u.s., was not authorized. what the president was illegal. >> so with that said then, if the president does this again, he carries out military action without consulting congress...

These missile strikes. on the other hand, remember, a central plank of donald trumps foreign policy is better relations with russia, so he needs to get back on that track as well. and hes talked pretty tough in the last few days. remember, he said that russia was either complicit in the syrian chemical weapons strike or incompetent, because it didnt know anything about the fact that syria had chemical weapons at that base. so hes already talked pretty tough. one of his other diplomats is talking...

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You had the confirmation -- excuse me. i saw visual reports too, peter. i hear you. >> im not going to play fake news. >> the entire change, the entire change of the supreme court this week with the confirmation of gorsuch. you have in his first 100 days literally record numbers of jobs set. the stock market is soaring. >> actually the jobs report was just released were fewer this month. >> peter, let me give you the last word. i hear what gina is saying, but the matter at hand, whats next for s...

Into his tumultuous young presidency. a strike against syria could help him demonstrate independence from russia and its president, vladimir putin. trump wants to show that he is a tougher and stronger leader than obama. meanwhile democratic congresswoman tulsi gabbard who met with president assad in january wants proof that his regime was behind the chemical attack. >> if president assad is found to be responsible after an independent investigation for these horrific chemical weapons attacks, i...

Presidency was banning all syrian refugees, and thats where he drew the line in the sand. these were the children. these were the victims of this chemical attack that donald trump said under a trump presidency would not be welcome in this country. now, that would be an epically major flip-flop if he changed his position on that. >> you mentioned rex tillerson. between the investigation into russias involvement in the election, im wondering what should we expect when rex tillerson meets with russ...